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Hyperliquid’s HYPE token has briefly surpassed Dogecoin in market capitalization, according to CoinMarketCap. This shift occurred after HYPE reached a new all-time high above $64 on May 24, while Dogecoin remained near $0.10. The margin is narrow, and rankings are subject to fluctuations in price feeds and circulating supply methodologies.

CoinMarketCap data indicated Hyperliquid with a market capitalization of approximately $16.03 billion, a 24-hour trading volume of $1.11 billion, a fully diluted valuation (FDV) near $60.08 billion, and a circulating supply of 254.07 million HYPE. In comparison, Dogecoin had a live market cap of about $15.87 billion, a 24-hour volume of roughly $591.7 million, and a circulating supply of 154.38 billion DOGE.

How Hyperliquid Overtook Dogecoin

The shift represents a dynamic market crossing rather than a decisive victory. Nevertheless, the implications are noteworthy. Dogecoin has long been a benchmark for meme-asset resilience, sustained by its brand recognition, community support, and speculative interest. Hyperliquid’s rise reflects a shift in market preference towards tokens associated with platforms demonstrating tangible usage, fee generation, and direct value accrual.

The primary driver behind HYPE’s revaluation has been Hyperliquid’s trading activity and its aggressive buyback structure. Ninety-nine percent of fees are allocated to an Assistance Fund for purchasing HYPE tokens for Hyperliquid Perps, excluding builder fees, and the same percentage applies to the spot order book, excluding unit protocol fees. Its income statement shows Hyperliquid’s gross protocol revenue at $214.95 million in Q1 2026 and $104.88 million so far in Q2 2026. This fee structure is central to how traders have valued HYPE. The token’s rally is not only a bet on exchange volumes but also on the sustained open-market demand those volumes generate.

The token has also benefited from institutional product momentum. 21Shares launched the 21Shares Hyperliquid ETF, ticker THYP, on Nasdaq on May 12, offering spot HYPE exposure with potential staking rewards. Bitwise followed with the Bitwise Hyperliquid ETF, ticker BHYP, which began trading on the NYSE on May 15.

SoSoValue data indicates that these products had attracted $74.91 million in cumulative net inflows by the May 22 trading session, with $89.20 million in combined net assets and $84.13 million in daily trading volume. The latest complete session added $10.9538 million in net inflows, all into BHYP, bringing Bitwise’s historical net inflow to $35.9567 million. For the May 18–22 trading week, HYPE spot ETFs drew $72.38 million in net inflows, suggesting that most of the cumulative demand materialized after the launch rather than in a single-day listing spike.

The comparison with Dogecoin is particularly striking because DOGE’s ETF story is more established, yet its inflow profile has been less robust. Grayscale’s GDOG became the first U.S. spot Dogecoin ETF on November 24, 2025; Bitwise’s BWOW followed on November 26, and 21Shares’ TDOG launched in January. However, SoSoValue’s data for DOGE spot ETFs shows only $11.78 million in cumulative net inflows as of May 21, with $14.85 million in total net assets and just $199,820 in value traded for the session. This contrast highlights that while DOGE remains one of crypto’s most liquid cultural assets, its ETF demand has been comparatively muted. HYPE’s rise, on the other hand, has been linked to exchange revenue, derivatives activity, buybacks, and a rapidly growing institutional investment.

With HYPE now exceeding Dogecoin, the next significant target is TRON, currently ranked eighth by market capitalization. Based on TRON’s roughly $34.71 billion market cap and Hyperliquid’s 254.07 million HYPE circulating supply, HYPE would need to trade near $136 to match TRON’s valuation. At the time of this writing, HYPE was trading at $63.572.

BitMine Immersion Technologies to Join Russell 1000 Index

BitMine Immersion Technologies is set to join the Russell 1000 Index, an index that tracks the largest public companies in the U.S. and serves as a benchmark for equity exposure in institutional portfolios.

Inclusion Driven by Semi-Annual Reconstitution

The inclusion, scheduled to be finalized after the market closes on June 26, is part of FTSE Russell’s semi-annual reconstitution. This process reshuffles the market-capitalization boundaries between various equity groups to reflect changes in the market.

Market Capitalization Exceeds Threshold

BitMine’s market capitalization of $10.7 billion is well above the $5.7 billion threshold for large-cap inclusion, according to Chairman Tom Lee, who made the announcement in a post on X on Saturday. He noted that many active managers only purchase equities listed on the Russell 1000.

Potential for Increased Demand

Passively managed index funds and exchange-traded funds that track Russell benchmarks typically hold 20% to 25% of a member company’s total market cap, Lee added, suggesting a potential for significant forced buying that could drive demand.

Stock Performance and Company Mission

BitMine’s shares closed on Friday around $18.88, reflecting a 30% year-to-date decrease, according to Yahoo Finance. The stock has largely traded sideways since falling to a low of $17.19 in February, after reaching a high of $161 last year. (Disclosure: Lee is an investor in Dastan, the parent company of Decrypt.)

For BitMine, inclusion in the Russell 1000 could attract inflows from investors who may not be fully aware of the company’s goal to increase its Ethereum holdings per share and secure 5% of Ethereum’s total supply, a sum valued at approximately $12.8 billion on Monday.

The company currently holds 4.6 million Ethereum, worth $10 billion, representing 3.8% of Ethereum’s total supply, according to Strategic Ethereum Reserve. The firm began aggressively accumulating Ethereum last July.

Ethereum traded around $2,100 on Monday, according to CoinGecko. The second-largest digital asset by market capitalization has decreased by 7.8% over the past month.

Other Crypto Firms Affected

BitMine isn’t the only crypto firm impacted by the reconstitution. Ethereum treasury company SharpLink is slated to join the small-cap Russell 2000 Index alongside the crypto exchange Gemini. Meanwhile, crypto financial services firm Galaxy Digital is expected to join the large-cap Russell 1000 Index.

Historical Context

Strategy, the world’s largest corporate holder of Bitcoin, joined the Russell 1000 Index approximately two years ago. In January, MSCI indicated that it would allow companies like Strategy to remain in its flagship global equity indexes, while shelving a controversial proposal.

The proposal would have removed index eligibility from public firms holding more than 50% of their total assets in digital currencies. However, the decision ultimately averted what analysts estimated could have resulted in billions of dollars in forced institutional selling.

XRP Could Surge to $20, Analyst Says, Citing Potential Breakout

XRP could potentially reach $20 if a breakout pattern from 2018 repeats itself, according to Ninedex, a pseudonymous Korean financial analyst. This projection, though not his primary forecast, depends on the token breaking above the upper boundary of a channel structure that has governed its price movements for over a decade.

Current Price and Support Levels

XRP is currently trading around $1.34, reflecting a nearly 13% decrease from its May 14 high of $1.54. Despite this pullback, Ninedex believes the token is maintaining a crucial support zone within a multi-year ascending channel, which has influenced XRP’s price since its inception in 2013.

His analysis suggests that this support level is just above the lower boundary of the channel’s middle layer and aligns with the Fibonacci 0.382 level, corresponding to the $1.40 price range. This zone was established over an extended period between 2022 and 2024, which Ninedex considers a strong long-term support level in XRP’s history.

XRP initially traded within the lower section of this channel before a broad crypto rally in early 2017 propelled it into the middle range. It briefly entered the upper channel in January 2018 when prices exceeded $3, but a subsequent correction pulled it back into the middle layer. Ninedex notes that the token has remained in this middle layer for the past eight years, and its ability to hold this zone has kept it among the major assets in the market.

Technical Indicators and Future Outlook

Ninedex highlighted two technical signals supporting his bullish outlook. The weekly stochastic indicator has rebounded from 15 to 20 points, a level he says has historically indicated rare oversold conditions for XRP.

Additionally, the Moving Average Convergence Divergence (MACD) has formed a golden cross on its Exponential Moving Average (EMA) lines, with the oscillator returning to positive territory, which he interprets as a sign of increasing market momentum.

His primary target is $5, achievable if XRP moves towards the upper boundary of the middle channel. However, he also noted that XRP’s history of sharp rallies and its large community could potentially drive prices significantly higher. If XRP breaks into the upper channel again, a $20 price target becomes a possibility.

Bitcoin Miner to Command SpaceX Mars Mission

SpaceX has selected Chun Wang, co-founder of the Bitcoin mining pool F2Pool, to command its first private crewed interplanetary mission, which will fly past Mars.

During a livestream of the Starship V3 launch, Wang delivered a pre-recorded announcement from Bouvet Island, confirming his role in the two-year Mars flyby mission. Wang, who co-founded F2Pool in 2013, has mined over 1.3 million BTC, representing more than 9% of all Bitcoin blocks ever produced.

The funds for Wang’s space ambitions reportedly stem from over a decade of mining pool fees and his stake in the proof-of-stake business stake.fish, launched in 2018.

This development highlights the maturation of crypto wealth, as Bitcoin mining profits are now directly financing interplanetary travel. SpaceX’s increasing ties to the crypto world add a structural demand narrative.

Bitcoin Market Analysis

Bitcoin is currently consolidating at $77,500, within a high-level compression zone just below the $80,000 psychological barrier. Trading volume has remained consistent, and key technical levels are clearly defined.

Support is established at $75,000, the previous breakout zone with significant open interest and confirmed buyer absorption. Immediate resistance is between $82,000 and $83,000, where sellers have repeatedly capped rallies in recent sessions. The moving average structure remains bullish, with the price holding above its medium-term trend lines and no confirmed bearish crossover.

Three potential scenarios are currently in play:

• Bull Case: Continued ETF inflows push Bitcoin past $82,000, potentially opening a path toward the $100,000+ cycle targets predicted by major U.S. banks and asset managers for 2025–2026, based on post-halving supply dynamics.
• Base Case: Bitcoin trades sideways between $74,000 and $80,000 due to market stress related to Middle East tensions.
• Bear/Invalidation: A close below $70,000 would break the current structure and signal a downside resolution of the consolidation. However, current data does not support this scenario.

Bitcoin Infrastructure Opportunities

At $77,500, the asymmetric upside that early Bitcoin miners like Wang captured is no longer available on the spot market. This has led traders to seek opportunities in early-stage Bitcoin infrastructure.

Bitcoin Hyper ($HYPER) is positioning itself as the first Bitcoin Layer 2 with Solana Virtual Machine (SVM) integration. It claims to offer sub-second transaction finality and smart contract execution faster than Solana, while leveraging Bitcoin’s security.

The presale has raised nearly $33 million at a current price of $0.0136, with a 36% APY staking program already live for participants.

The core thesis behind HYPER is that Bitcoin’s limitations, such as slow transactions, high fees, and lack of programmability, represent a market gap. HYPER aims to address this with a decentralized canonical bridge for BTC transfers and low-cost execution infrastructure.

Dogecoin’s price performance appears lackluster at first glance, but significant activity among the largest holders suggests a more complex dynamic. On-chain data indicates that major DOGE holders have resumed accumulating the cryptocurrency, even as its price remains below key technical levels for the year.

Whale Activity Amidst Price Weakness

Dogecoin has faced persistent downward pressure throughout much of 2024, with rallies repeatedly failing to surpass $0.10. This has amplified the significance of whale behavior, as large holders often accumulate during periods when smaller traders are selling, remaining on the sidelines, or losing interest.

According to on-chain data tracked by crypto analyst Ali Martinez and sourced from Santiment, large DOGE holders purchased over 525 million tokens within a 96-hour period. This accumulation occurred while Dogecoin’s price was tightly consolidated just below its 200-day moving average, a long-term trend line currently hovering around $0.12. This level has acted as a resistance point for much of 2024. The rapid pace of this accumulation, occurring within just four days, is particularly noteworthy, demonstrating that large wallets were actively absorbing supply during a compressed trading window. Such buying activity can alleviate immediate selling pressure on Dogecoin.

Notably, these large wallet inflows do not appear to be driven by Spot Dogecoin ETFs, which have recorded only $860,960 in inflows over the past week, a relatively small figure compared to the whale accumulation. Based on Dogecoin’s current price, the 525 million DOGE purchased by large holders is valued at over $52 million.

The 200-Day Moving Average: A Key Hurdle

The primary technical challenge for Dogecoin is its 200-day moving average. As of this writing, the 200-day MA is at $0.12, while Dogecoin is trading at $0.1025, approximately 15% below the moving average.

A price breakout above the 200-day moving average would provide bulls with their first significant technical confirmation in months. It would suggest that the whale accumulation is beginning to influence the chart and could prompt short-term traders to reassess Dogecoin’s position.

According to crypto analyst Cryptollica on X, Dogecoin is currently presenting an opportunity that has only materialized a few times in the past 12 years, referencing previous cycle bottoms in 2015, 2020, and 2022. In each instance, DOGE experienced a prolonged period of inactivity. The Dogecoin Cycle Score has now fallen back into the rebuild zone, a level consistently observed when interest in the meme coin is at its lowest. A break above the 200-day MA could potentially trigger a rally.

HYPE Surges to New Highs Amidst Whale Accumulation

HYPE has surged to an all-time high, reaching $65 yesterday, a move that has captured the attention of the broader crypto market at a time when most assets are experiencing selling pressure. The breakout is significant in itself, but data from Hyperliquid reveals details about who is accumulating the asset, adding a layer of conviction to the price action that the chart alone cannot provide.

Whale’s Strategic Accumulation

Garrett Jin, the trader identified as the one who placed a $735 million short position on Bitcoin immediately before the October 10 market crash – a call that became one of the most discussed and accurate large-scale trades of the cycle – has been buying HYPE over the past four days. This accumulation totals 145,050 tokens at an approximate cost of $9.05 million. More significantly, Jin has placed a TWAP order – a time-weighted average price execution that automatically continues buying at measured intervals – to acquire an additional 39,940 HYPE worth approximately $2.44 million.

TWAP orders are not reactive trades. They are deliberate, systematic accumulation strategies used by participants who want to build a position over time without moving the market against themselves. Garrett Jin is not responding to HYPE’s all-time high breakout; he has been building towards it and has automated the next phase of that build to continue regardless of short-term price fluctuations. The trader who called October’s crash is signaling something specific about where he believes HYPE is headed.

A $9M HYPE Bet Alongside $77M in Active Positions

The Hyperliquid data reveals the full portfolio context that makes the HYPE accumulation more significant than a standalone transaction. Garrett Jin is actively managing a multi-asset book simultaneously, and the HYPE position is being built alongside, not instead of, his existing commitments.

On the long side, Jin holds 504.4 Bitcoin worth approximately $38.9 million, a substantial directional bet on Bitcoin’s recovery that reflects continued conviction in the broader crypto market despite recent weakness. This position size places him in a category of trader whose Bitcoin view carries real financial consequence.

On the short side, Jin holds 57,460 ZEC worth approximately $38 million, a position currently down approximately $2.11 million, representing a deliberate bet against Zcash that he has maintained through that unrealized loss. The willingness to hold a losing short reflects the same conviction management that characterizes his track record.

The combined picture describes a trader running approximately $77 million in active directional positions across three assets simultaneously while systematically adding to HYPE through an automated accumulation order. This is not a casual allocation or a momentum chase; it is a calculated addition to an already substantial and actively managed book from the same participant who identified October’s crash before it happened.

HYPE Enters Price Discovery

HYPE has entered a powerful price discovery phase after breaking decisively above its previous all-time highs near the $50 level. The daily chart shows a clear acceleration in momentum over the past two weeks, with buyers reclaiming control after months of consolidation and gradually building higher lows since March. The breakout above the previous resistance zone triggered an explosive expansion move that pushed HYPE toward the $65 region, confirming one of the strongest trend structures currently visible across the crypto market.

The combination of price strength and volume expansion makes the move particularly significant. Recent candles show rising participation as HYPE pushed vertically higher, suggesting the rally is not occurring on thin liquidity alone. Volume increased aggressively during the breakout, reflecting strong market interest and sustained buying pressure rather than a temporary short squeeze.

Technically, HYPE remains firmly above the 50-day and 100-day moving averages, both of which are now trending upward and acting as dynamic support zones. The 200-day moving average sits far below current price levels near the mid-$30 range, highlighting how extended the current bullish structure has become. As long as HYPE holds above the former breakout area around $56–$58, bulls maintain control of the trend. However, after such a sharp expansion, volatility and profit-taking risk are likely to increase substantially in the short term.